Device for transporting passengers from cars.



P. 8. SEE.

DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING P ASSENGERS PROM CARS. 3 APPLICATION FILED I ULY.14,1905.

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PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906; I

V PATENTED- MAR. 20, 1906.

"E. S. SEE.

DEVICE FORIIRANVSPORTINGXPASSENGERS FROM CARS.

APPLICATION TILED JULY 14.1965.

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FILER s. SEE, OFF'GEM. KANSAS.

DEVVIICEJ on 'TRANSPORTlNG PASSENGERS' FROM cARs.

' Applicatiunfiled July 14,19 5. Serial 110,269,703.

[T0 all whom) it may concenia Be it known that I, FILER SEE, acitizen of the United States of America, residing, at

Gem, in thecounty of Thomas and State of car, one in which. the transferring-car wil be.

' received and delivered without objectionable shocks, and one in which the clam ing-jaws i will be automatically 0 ened at suc times as it may be desired to re ease the transferringcar. 4

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully a side elevation of a rall'way-train, showin "the supplemental transferring car carrie U thereby. Fig. .2 is a top planview of the same,showing the train at a point or station for releasing one transferring-car and receiv- King another. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, on a larger scale, of a portion of a passenger-car equipped withclamping-jaws and a tripping 5 member embodyin the invention. Fig. 4. is a section, onan en arged scale, taken on the line gift of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective' view of the engaging member'or .arm to be carried by the transferring'car. Fig. 6 is 4o a similar view of the track member for actuating the trip.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the v rails of a main track, and 2 the rails of an au'xiliary track disposed at one side of and paral- I 4'5 .lel with the main track, upon which latter there is adapted for travel a passenger-car 3, these parts being of the usual construction and arrangement, except that the car 3 s pro vided in' its side wall with doors 4 for a pur- 5o pose which will hereinafter appear.

' Adapted for travel on the track 2, which 1s laid only at points 'or stations 5 along the main road, is a plurality of auxiliary ortransferring cars 6 and 7, identical in construction equipped with transporting-wheels 8 and a pair of. doors 9 10, disposed at oppo- Specification of Letters Patent.

cured to thebottom of the car, at a oint cen slightly beyond the outer side face of the car,

Patented March 90, race site points .in its side walls, there being fixed beneath thebody of the car an engagingm'e'mher or arm 11, bolted or otherwise secured in place and having an engagingportion 12, ofrectan ular form in cross-section, projected beyon one side of the car.

Fixed to and; carried by i the car 3 isa pair of rigid supporting members or brackets13, disposed at appropriately spaced intervals and having horizontal portions. orarms 14 lye ing in a'plane adjacent to that of the tread of the rails 2, there being bolted or otherwise setrally between the brackets 13 an immediately beneath'the doors-4, a'pair of cooperat- .ing. springv clamping members or .plates 15,

provided at their outer ends, which project with clamping portions or. heads 16, having reversely-curved inner edges 17, constituting oppositely-disposed cam-faces, there bein provided in one (preferably the upper) hea 16a rectangular seat or recess 18, designed'to receive the projecting portion 12 of arm, 11 for a purpose which will presently appear.

Extend ed transversely throu h the car and journaled for rotation in suitab ebearings 19v is a tripping member or rock-shaft 20, provided with a pair of depending portions 'or arms 21 22, disposed, respectively, at opposite sides of the car, the arm 21 having at its lower enda cam-head 23 of substantially elliptical form, While the arm 22 is provided at its lower end with an outturned contact ortion or 0 finger 24, designed to projectin t e path of an contact with a vertical track member or standard .25, fixed at a. point adjacent the track 1 in suitable relation to the station- 5, said standard 25 being preferably provided with a base 26, perforated for attachment to the ties or sleepers andhaving its upper end curved, as at 27, to present a cam-face disosed in the line of travel of the car. Fixed to and carried by the bracket-arms 14 is a pair of supporting-rails 28, gaged to aline with the track-rails 2, these supp ortingrails having slightly-elevated central portions and downwardly-inclined end portions, the terminals of which travelupon and in contact with the treads of the rails 2 and are inwardly curved or beveled transversely, as at 29.

In practice one of the transferring-cars 6 or 7 is normally carried by the passenger-car 3, under which conditions it. is supported upon the rails 28 and fixed in place, owing to engagement of the portion 12 of arm 11 with v arm 11, thus to onally beneath the wheels 8 the seat 18 between the jaws 16, as illustrated in Fig. 4, while the tripping member 20 nornially stands in position for maintainin the arms 21 and 22 in a forwardly-inclined irection, as seen in Fig. 3, it being noted that the doors 4 and '9 are thus oppositely disposed to permit of the passengers passing freely from the main car 3 to the auxiliary-car 6. As the train approaches the station 5 the part 24 of arm 22 comes into contact with and rides over the ca m-surface 27 of the track member 25, thus swinging arm 21 rearwardly and causing the camhead 23 to enter between and open the aws 16 for releasing arm 11 and permitting'the auxiliary car to travel off of the supporting-rails 28 and be deposited upon the rails 2, it being understood that when the car 3 reaches car 7 the forward ends of the supporting-rails 28 pass beneaththe wheels of the latter, thereby picking up the car 7, the arm 1 1 of which passes between and is antomatically engaged by the jaws 16. Thus it will be seen that as the train advances it will at each station deposit a transferringcar and receive a second such car, these operations being performed automatically and permitting of the passengers being. received or delivered at the stations without stopping the progress of the train. It is to be particularlnoted that as the cam head 23 passes etween and for opening jaws 16 the arm 21 will contact with the portion 12 of positively release the latter and give suflicient impetus to car 6 for causing the latter to travel rearwardly or through rails 28, and that owing to the terminals of the latter being beveled they will enter diagof the auxiliary car to obviate any possibility of the same being derailed during the operation. From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple device which may be read-- ily installed for use and one which will in practice admirably perform its functions to the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a main car, an auxiliary car, an engaging member carried b one of the cars, clamping members carried y the other car for engagement with said member, and means for automatically operating the clamping member to release the engaging member at a predetermined point.

2. In a device of the class described, a main car, an auxiliary car, an engaging member carried by one ber carried by one of said cars, a pair of spring clamping members adapted for automatic engagement with the first-named member, and means for automatically operating the clamping members to release the engaging member.

3. In a device of the class described, a main car, an auxiliary car, an engaging memof said cars, a pair of cooperating clamping-jaws carried by the other car for engagement with said member and a tripping member carried by one of the cars and automatically operable to actuate the jaws for releasing the member.

4. In a device of the class described, a main car, an auxiliary car, a rigid engaging member carried by oneof said cars, spring clamping members carried by the other car for automatic engagement with said member, a tripping member, and means for operating the tripping member to automatically actuate the clamping-jaws for releasing the engaging member.

5. In a device of the class described, a main car having supporting-rails, -an auxiliary car adapted to be automatically received upon said rails, interengagihg devices for retaining the auxiliary car in position, a tripping member designed to act upon said devices for automatically releasing the auxiliary car, and means for operating the tripping member. a

6. In av device of the class described, a main car having supporting-rails, an auxiliary car adapted to be automatically received upon said rail, interengaging devices for retaining the auxiliary car in position, a tripping member designed to act upon said devices for releasing the auxiliary car, and a track member for automatically operating the tripping member at a predetermined point.

7. In a device of the class described, a main car having a support, an auxiliary car adapted to be automatically received upon said support, a pair of spring clamping-jawscarried by one of the cars, an armcarried by the other car for engagement with the jaws to retain the auxiliarycar in*place, a tripping member having a cam-head to enter between the jaws for releasing the arm, and a track member designed to automatically operate the tripping member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature of two witnesses.

in presence FILER S. SEE.

Witnesses:

E. N. SEE, Ms. W. BARR. 

